Diamond Street is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of
London's Hatton Garden. Enter Hatton Garden, one of London's most
mysterious streets. Home to ancient burial sites, diamond
workshops, underground vaults, monastic dynasties, subterranean
rivers and forgotten palaces. Here you'll meet sewer flushers,
artists, goldsmiths, geologists and visionaries as Rachel
Lichtenstein uncovers the history, secrets and stories that bring
this vibrant Clerkenwell street and its environs to life. Praise
for Diamond Street: 'Diamond Street is a brilliant and moving book,
intricate in its form and fabulous in its curiosity. It is poised
somewhere between deep history, archaeological dig, archive-quest
and contemporary documentary, and it is suffused throughout with
Rachel Lichtenstein's fascination with people and place -- a
fascination which approaches a moral quality, really, in its
tenderness, diligence and cultural openness' Robert Macfarlane,
author of The Old Ways 'Fascinating. The great joy of
Lichtenstein's books is that she encourages us to look again at the
places we take for granted' Daily Telegraph 'Vivid and amusing,
containing so many sparkling things, elegantly organized.
Lichtenstein consulted a whole gang of glorious characters,
collecting tales, history and lore on her way. An overwhelming
trove of stories with a multiplicity of facets to intrigue'
Observer 'Engrossing, a superb oral historian. Lichtenstein proves
to be an indefatigable explorer' Sunday Times 'Lichtenstein is an
artist, writer, local historian and archivist and her multi-faceted
approach makes fascinating reading. She make[s] us look with a
fresh eye at familiar urban spaces' Independent on Sunday
'Lichtenstein has brought alive something of London . . . how one
street can be a kind of Tardis, a portal to another world of
parallel commerce, codes, rituals, history. A heartfelt book full
of curiosity and love' The Times 'A lively and rewarding addition
to the capital's rich history' Independent Rachel Lichtenstein is
an artist and writer. She is the co-author, with Iain Sinclair, of
Rodinsky's Room and the author, most recently, of On Brick Lane.
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